Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social
Where we came from, and where we may be heading.
I post about technology, innovation, space, earth observation, heritage, and bread. MBA (Tech Mgmt) from Open University.
I post about technology, innovation, space, earth observation, heritage, and bread. MBA (Tech Mgmt) from Open University.
I just listened to @andyburnham.bsky.social's keynote at @resolutionfoundation.org Unsung Britain conference.
He gave this government his backing.
He made a powerful argument that Westminster must change its culture - be more collaborative, and move toward longtermism youtu.be/5Jc2waSxVH4?...
He gave this government his backing.
He made a powerful argument that Westminster must change its culture - be more collaborative, and move toward longtermism youtu.be/5Jc2waSxVH4?...
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I just listened to @andyburnham.bsky.social's keynote at @resolutionfoundation.org Unsung Britain conference.
He gave this government his backing.
He made a powerful argument that Westminster must change its culture - be more collaborative, and move toward longtermism youtu.be/5Jc2waSxVH4?...
He gave this government his backing.
He made a powerful argument that Westminster must change its culture - be more collaborative, and move toward longtermism youtu.be/5Jc2waSxVH4?...
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Three winter storms — Kristin, Leonardo and Marta — soaked the Iberian Peninsula in early 2026.
🌧️ Rainfall maps show areas in Portugal and Spain receiving 250+ mm in a week.
🌊 Copernicus Sentinel‑1 radar reveals major flooding along Portugal’s Tagus River, comparing Feb 2026 to pre‑storm conditions.
🌧️ Rainfall maps show areas in Portugal and Spain receiving 250+ mm in a week.
🌊 Copernicus Sentinel‑1 radar reveals major flooding along Portugal’s Tagus River, comparing Feb 2026 to pre‑storm conditions.
February 10, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Three winter storms — Kristin, Leonardo and Marta — soaked the Iberian Peninsula in early 2026.
🌧️ Rainfall maps show areas in Portugal and Spain receiving 250+ mm in a week.
🌊 Copernicus Sentinel‑1 radar reveals major flooding along Portugal’s Tagus River, comparing Feb 2026 to pre‑storm conditions.
🌧️ Rainfall maps show areas in Portugal and Spain receiving 250+ mm in a week.
🌊 Copernicus Sentinel‑1 radar reveals major flooding along Portugal’s Tagus River, comparing Feb 2026 to pre‑storm conditions.
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Relative elevation models are both compelling visualizations of fluvial systems but also frankly useful for geologic mapping of terraces or quantifying zones of potential flood inundation. Several years ago Open Topography coded up an method for using python to make REMs (see below) 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Relative elevation models are both compelling visualizations of fluvial systems but also frankly useful for geologic mapping of terraces or quantifying zones of potential flood inundation. Several years ago Open Topography coded up an method for using python to make REMs (see below) 🧵
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The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
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🚨 New Living Standards Outlook published today! 🚨
This year will see a welcome boost to living standards... which we sadly expect to be short-lived.
@louisemurphy.bsky.social explains 👇 buff.ly/siFTYAC
This year will see a welcome boost to living standards... which we sadly expect to be short-lived.
@louisemurphy.bsky.social explains 👇 buff.ly/siFTYAC
February 10, 2026 at 9:58 AM
🚨 New Living Standards Outlook published today! 🚨
This year will see a welcome boost to living standards... which we sadly expect to be short-lived.
@louisemurphy.bsky.social explains 👇 buff.ly/siFTYAC
This year will see a welcome boost to living standards... which we sadly expect to be short-lived.
@louisemurphy.bsky.social explains 👇 buff.ly/siFTYAC
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At our Resolution Foundation conference we are talking about the poorer half of Britain. Great work from the RF team. For more see: www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/unsun...
February 10, 2026 at 9:56 AM
At our Resolution Foundation conference we are talking about the poorer half of Britain. Great work from the RF team. For more see: www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/unsun...
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UK public now split one third positive v one third negative on economics and culture of immigration, after a dramatic softening after 2016.
Contributors include
- dominance of boats/asylum over free movement/visas
- starker political polarisation
- shifting media and online fragmentation
Contributors include
- dominance of boats/asylum over free movement/visas
- starker political polarisation
- shifting media and online fragmentation
February 10, 2026 at 9:30 AM
UK public now split one third positive v one third negative on economics and culture of immigration, after a dramatic softening after 2016.
Contributors include
- dominance of boats/asylum over free movement/visas
- starker political polarisation
- shifting media and online fragmentation
Contributors include
- dominance of boats/asylum over free movement/visas
- starker political polarisation
- shifting media and online fragmentation
@anandwrites.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @eliothiggins.bsky.social
How to counter the threat to democracy from the rise of fake news, emotional content, misinformation, AI, ... ?
Just like Finland, would improved media literacy for young and old help ? IMO, yes.
bsky.app/profile/dpma...
How to counter the threat to democracy from the rise of fake news, emotional content, misinformation, AI, ... ?
Just like Finland, would improved media literacy for young and old help ? IMO, yes.
bsky.app/profile/dpma...
In 2025 the House of Lords just released a major report on media literacy. It made a number of recommendations, saying that if media literacy was not improved it would put democracy at risk.
committees.parliament.uk/committee/17...
committees.parliament.uk/committee/17...
Communications and Digital Committee - Publications - Committees - UK Parliament
Publications for Communications and Digital Committee
committees.parliament.uk
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 AM
@anandwrites.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @eliothiggins.bsky.social
How to counter the threat to democracy from the rise of fake news, emotional content, misinformation, AI, ... ?
Just like Finland, would improved media literacy for young and old help ? IMO, yes.
bsky.app/profile/dpma...
How to counter the threat to democracy from the rise of fake news, emotional content, misinformation, AI, ... ?
Just like Finland, would improved media literacy for young and old help ? IMO, yes.
bsky.app/profile/dpma...
New major @resolutionfoundation.org report out today - 'Unsung Britain'.
Action is needed on a number of fronts to reduce harms.
But beware politicians who propose simple solutions to such complex problems.
@anandmenon.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social @gilesyb.bsky.social @lewisgoodall.com
Action is needed on a number of fronts to reduce harms.
But beware politicians who propose simple solutions to such complex problems.
@anandmenon.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social @gilesyb.bsky.social @lewisgoodall.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
New major @resolutionfoundation.org report out today - 'Unsung Britain'.
Action is needed on a number of fronts to reduce harms.
But beware politicians who propose simple solutions to such complex problems.
@anandmenon.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social @gilesyb.bsky.social @lewisgoodall.com
Action is needed on a number of fronts to reduce harms.
But beware politicians who propose simple solutions to such complex problems.
@anandmenon.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social @gilesyb.bsky.social @lewisgoodall.com
Interesting series of deformation/tectonics talks from COVID era highlighted by @timwrightleeds.bsky.social a 2020 presentation www.ipgp.fr/~klinger/web...
Including that by Chris Rollins from May 2020 on using geodesy to shed light on the seismic hazard in Türkiye www.dropbox.com/s/4lsdkqh3dn...
Including that by Chris Rollins from May 2020 on using geodesy to shed light on the seismic hazard in Türkiye www.dropbox.com/s/4lsdkqh3dn...
Yann Klinger - DeTect Talk Series project
Thus, the DeTect Talk Series is the weekly gathering of the international scientific community interested in various aspects of crustal deformation, to keep the scientific discussion alive.
www.ipgp.fr
February 10, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Interesting series of deformation/tectonics talks from COVID era highlighted by @timwrightleeds.bsky.social a 2020 presentation www.ipgp.fr/~klinger/web...
Including that by Chris Rollins from May 2020 on using geodesy to shed light on the seismic hazard in Türkiye www.dropbox.com/s/4lsdkqh3dn...
Including that by Chris Rollins from May 2020 on using geodesy to shed light on the seismic hazard in Türkiye www.dropbox.com/s/4lsdkqh3dn...
Growth ... you need to give it time.
Don't overpromise. Even more so if the issue is not really under your control.
Make people aware there are no simple solutions to complex problems. Yet another example of this today is Farage calling for an end to working from home - saying it's unproductive.
Don't overpromise. Even more so if the issue is not really under your control.
Make people aware there are no simple solutions to complex problems. Yet another example of this today is Farage calling for an end to working from home - saying it's unproductive.
I just now read @stephenkb.bsky.social quick piece on "Convenientism" - and so have piggybacked my own comment, on unavoidable dilemmas in growth policy
gileswilkes.substack.com/p/be-more-ro...
gileswilkes.substack.com/p/be-more-ro...
Be more Roy Jenkins
on the absence of "win wins", Growth, Labour's predicament
gileswilkes.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Growth ... you need to give it time.
Don't overpromise. Even more so if the issue is not really under your control.
Make people aware there are no simple solutions to complex problems. Yet another example of this today is Farage calling for an end to working from home - saying it's unproductive.
Don't overpromise. Even more so if the issue is not really under your control.
Make people aware there are no simple solutions to complex problems. Yet another example of this today is Farage calling for an end to working from home - saying it's unproductive.
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UKRI's chief executive said recently that the UK "may wish to explore" paring back its association to the EU's research programme, to make it partial.
That would be a "profound strategic error", critics now warn.
By @clanicholson.bsky.social
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
That would be a "profound strategic error", critics now warn.
By @clanicholson.bsky.social
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
Any UK plan for partial Horizon association ‘a profound error’ - Research Professional News
Academic leaders warn against UK abandoning participation in collaborative part of EU R&I programme
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 PM
UKRI's chief executive said recently that the UK "may wish to explore" paring back its association to the EU's research programme, to make it partial.
That would be a "profound strategic error", critics now warn.
By @clanicholson.bsky.social
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
That would be a "profound strategic error", critics now warn.
By @clanicholson.bsky.social
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
GE victory was a protest vote to get Tories out.
Changing leader won't change recent polling.
Labour are showing themselves up to be a bunch of amateurs.
Changing leader won't change recent polling.
Labour are showing themselves up to be a bunch of amateurs.
Am told Eluned Morgan, First Minister of Wales, is going to follow Anas Sarwar in calling for the PM to stand down;
Also that there will be "Scottish MP ministerial resignations" afterwards
Ministers saying it's the end game...
Also that there will be "Scottish MP ministerial resignations" afterwards
Ministers saying it's the end game...
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
GE victory was a protest vote to get Tories out.
Changing leader won't change recent polling.
Labour are showing themselves up to be a bunch of amateurs.
Changing leader won't change recent polling.
Labour are showing themselves up to be a bunch of amateurs.
@davidheniguk.bsky.social doesn't remember that
GE victory was a protest vote to get Tories out.
Reason we've had over a decade of poor growth is partly down to short-termism.
Growth takes time. Labour DO need to make sure all their policies are sensible, practical, and deliver for citizens.
GE victory was a protest vote to get Tories out.
Reason we've had over a decade of poor growth is partly down to short-termism.
Growth takes time. Labour DO need to make sure all their policies are sensible, practical, and deliver for citizens.
How you get from massive victory to complete mess in 18 months is a story that should be studied for years
February 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
@davidheniguk.bsky.social doesn't remember that
GE victory was a protest vote to get Tories out.
Reason we've had over a decade of poor growth is partly down to short-termism.
Growth takes time. Labour DO need to make sure all their policies are sensible, practical, and deliver for citizens.
GE victory was a protest vote to get Tories out.
Reason we've had over a decade of poor growth is partly down to short-termism.
Growth takes time. Labour DO need to make sure all their policies are sensible, practical, and deliver for citizens.
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Successive UK governments have created a student loan system which *actively* embeds unfairness and inequality between and within generations.
Finally, (some) politicians are waking up to it. It needs complete and urgent reform. Special News Agents report.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwRq...
Finally, (some) politicians are waking up to it. It needs complete and urgent reform. Special News Agents report.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwRq...
Have the Government designed student loans to uphold a generational and class divide?
YouTube video by The News Agents
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Successive UK governments have created a student loan system which *actively* embeds unfairness and inequality between and within generations.
Finally, (some) politicians are waking up to it. It needs complete and urgent reform. Special News Agents report.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwRq...
Finally, (some) politicians are waking up to it. It needs complete and urgent reform. Special News Agents report.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwRq...
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EUSPA AI Week presentations are now available on our website.
You can find them here: www.euspa.europa.eu/newsroom-eve...
You can find them here: www.euspa.europa.eu/newsroom-eve...
EUSPA AI week
Recognising AI’s immense potential to enable – even revolutionise – the space downstream market, EUSPA organised EUSPA AI Week.
www.euspa.europa.eu
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
EUSPA AI Week presentations are now available on our website.
You can find them here: www.euspa.europa.eu/newsroom-eve...
You can find them here: www.euspa.europa.eu/newsroom-eve...
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I have today been informed that, despite personal assurances to the contrary, the Green party have once again used my image and misrepresented my words on a second leaflet circulated in Gorton and Denton ahead of the by-election. I have now lodged an official complaint with the returning officer.
February 9, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I have today been informed that, despite personal assurances to the contrary, the Green party have once again used my image and misrepresented my words on a second leaflet circulated in Gorton and Denton ahead of the by-election. I have now lodged an official complaint with the returning officer.
In my day it was just called going for a walk in the woods.
February 9, 2026 at 9:28 AM
In my day it was just called going for a walk in the woods.
Another example of a 'Disaster by Design' ?
Data from @copernicusland.bsky.social EGMS indicates the landslide has been moving for some time egms.land.copernicus.eu
Europe's infrastructure is not designed for the extremes that climate change can bring.
@davepetley.bsky.social @ekbal.bsky.social
Data from @copernicusland.bsky.social EGMS indicates the landslide has been moving for some time egms.land.copernicus.eu
Europe's infrastructure is not designed for the extremes that climate change can bring.
@davepetley.bsky.social @ekbal.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Another example of a 'Disaster by Design' ?
Data from @copernicusland.bsky.social EGMS indicates the landslide has been moving for some time egms.land.copernicus.eu
Europe's infrastructure is not designed for the extremes that climate change can bring.
@davepetley.bsky.social @ekbal.bsky.social
Data from @copernicusland.bsky.social EGMS indicates the landslide has been moving for some time egms.land.copernicus.eu
Europe's infrastructure is not designed for the extremes that climate change can bring.
@davepetley.bsky.social @ekbal.bsky.social
Hyperbole.
We had 15 years of poor growth under the Tories.
Tories had scandal after scandal. Over 200,000 dead during pandemic. Then Liz Truss blew up the economy.
Labour is nothing like that.
Labour DO need to make sure all their policies are sensible, practical, and deliver for citizens.
We had 15 years of poor growth under the Tories.
Tories had scandal after scandal. Over 200,000 dead during pandemic. Then Liz Truss blew up the economy.
Labour is nothing like that.
Labour DO need to make sure all their policies are sensible, practical, and deliver for citizens.
Many people on this platform just aren't getting it.
The jig is up.
The party's over.
Unless Labour MPs eject Starmer PDQ, recover Labour values, show how they'll fix our chronic problems, give us hope and inspiration instead of disappointment and frustration, they're finished.
No more denial. ⏰👃☕
The jig is up.
The party's over.
Unless Labour MPs eject Starmer PDQ, recover Labour values, show how they'll fix our chronic problems, give us hope and inspiration instead of disappointment and frustration, they're finished.
No more denial. ⏰👃☕
February 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Hyperbole.
We had 15 years of poor growth under the Tories.
Tories had scandal after scandal. Over 200,000 dead during pandemic. Then Liz Truss blew up the economy.
Labour is nothing like that.
Labour DO need to make sure all their policies are sensible, practical, and deliver for citizens.
We had 15 years of poor growth under the Tories.
Tories had scandal after scandal. Over 200,000 dead during pandemic. Then Liz Truss blew up the economy.
Labour is nothing like that.
Labour DO need to make sure all their policies are sensible, practical, and deliver for citizens.
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"It took decades of painstaking work at the US Naval Weapons Laboratory for her to come up with the geodesic systems that would allow the precise measurements and mapping needed for the technology – her work nevertheless transformed modern life."
Gladys West obituary
Mathematician whose work at the US Naval Weapons Laboratory was pivotal to the development of GPS
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM
"It took decades of painstaking work at the US Naval Weapons Laboratory for her to come up with the geodesic systems that would allow the precise measurements and mapping needed for the technology – her work nevertheless transformed modern life."
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Lots of great recipes in this new traybake cookbook by John Gregory-Smith (Insta www.instagram.com/johngs/) - veggie options are included.
Like this sumac spiced chicken with caramelised red onions. Had it yesterday with a side of roasted cauli florets with baharat spices, and leeks & peas.
Like this sumac spiced chicken with caramelised red onions. Had it yesterday with a side of roasted cauli florets with baharat spices, and leeks & peas.
February 9, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Lots of great recipes in this new traybake cookbook by John Gregory-Smith (Insta www.instagram.com/johngs/) - veggie options are included.
Like this sumac spiced chicken with caramelised red onions. Had it yesterday with a side of roasted cauli florets with baharat spices, and leeks & peas.
Like this sumac spiced chicken with caramelised red onions. Had it yesterday with a side of roasted cauli florets with baharat spices, and leeks & peas.
Agree, showboating.
Tories had scandal after scandal. Over 200,000 dead during pandemic. Then Liz Truss blew up the economy.
No point trying to out do Reform policies - Labour base will just fragment.
Labour need to make sure all their policies are sensible, practical, and deliver for citizens.
Tories had scandal after scandal. Over 200,000 dead during pandemic. Then Liz Truss blew up the economy.
No point trying to out do Reform policies - Labour base will just fragment.
Labour need to make sure all their policies are sensible, practical, and deliver for citizens.
"One senior Labour official said that the “mood feels very similar to when Boris Johnson and Liz Truss were at the end of their premierships”."
www.ft.com/content/ae19...
Please can we reflect on this nonsense statement.
They're a LABOUR official! They cannot know the Tory mood in 2022... 1/
www.ft.com/content/ae19...
Please can we reflect on this nonsense statement.
They're a LABOUR official! They cannot know the Tory mood in 2022... 1/
Keir Starmer faces crunch week in battle to hold on to power
Labour MPs and officials warn that the Peter Mandelson scandal could yet claim prime minister’s job
www.ft.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Agree, showboating.
Tories had scandal after scandal. Over 200,000 dead during pandemic. Then Liz Truss blew up the economy.
No point trying to out do Reform policies - Labour base will just fragment.
Labour need to make sure all their policies are sensible, practical, and deliver for citizens.
Tories had scandal after scandal. Over 200,000 dead during pandemic. Then Liz Truss blew up the economy.
No point trying to out do Reform policies - Labour base will just fragment.
Labour need to make sure all their policies are sensible, practical, and deliver for citizens.
All new 'Roman Empire By Train' series on UK Channel4 with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
www.channel4.com/programmes/r...
In this episode she is shown around Pompeii by resident archaeologist @pompei79.bsky.social.
www.channel4.com/programmes/r...
In this episode she is shown around Pompeii by resident archaeologist @pompei79.bsky.social.
February 8, 2026 at 7:09 AM
All new 'Roman Empire By Train' series on UK Channel4 with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
www.channel4.com/programmes/r...
In this episode she is shown around Pompeii by resident archaeologist @pompei79.bsky.social.
www.channel4.com/programmes/r...
In this episode she is shown around Pompeii by resident archaeologist @pompei79.bsky.social.